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Guest view: Drought: It ain’t over until it’s over

California’s drought is not over despite a bounty of snowfall and rain over the past month: California’s snowpack—a critical source of water—is 150% of average for early...

Migration to CA slowed 38% during pandemic

While some California residents opted to leave the state during the pandemic, far fewer people are also moving to the state from other parts...

State restores indoor mask mandate

California will restore an indoor mask mandate this week in the wake of a recent increase in Covid-19 cases, one of the state's top...
Jacob Vasquez, Fernando Sanchez and Joseph Saavedra gilroy

Overdose deaths in U.S. reached record high as pandemic spread

Americans died of drug overdoses in record numbers as the pandemic spread across the country, federal researchers reported Wednesday, the result of lost access...

CalMatters: California schools are running out of money

California school districts have two choices: Bite the bullet and make budget cuts now, or delay them and face even more painful decisions. That was...

CalFire awards $705K for controlled burns in San Benito County

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has awarded nearly $138 million in local fire prevention grants, and a portion of the funds...

San Benito library closes after anti-mask protest

The San Benito County Free Library is closed until next week because a group of protesters refused to wear face coverings inside the building,...

Guest view: State’s kids have been used and abused

From the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the state’s six million public school students have been used as pawns in political power struggles and...

Census: San Benito one of fastest-growing counties in CA

San Benito was one of the three fastest-growing counties in California over the past decade, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released on Aug....

Letter to the editor: Inspect wells during drought

California, like much of the West, is facing a year of extreme drought which is causing some issues for residential water wells across the...

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